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Budgeting Underway While Trump Is In Israel

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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech at the Israeli president's official residency in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. (Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech at the Israeli president's official residency in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. (Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images)

As President Trump tours Israel, his administration is preparing to release a budget proposal that’s expected to slash social programs. While that’s in line with Republican orthodoxy, the proposal worries some GOP lawmakers who want to protect Medicare expansion.

NPR's Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) speaks with Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson about the budget and other news out of Washington.

This segment aired on May 22, 2017.

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